Re: [Devil-linux-develop] syslog-ng and inability to login

Quoting Bruce Smith <bws@...>:
>>>>> Syslog-ng works fine with the default config, but not if you upgrade
>>>>> an older system.
>>>>> Can we add something simple to upgrade-config to make the upgrade
>>>>> life easier?
>>>>
>>>> Hmm... Probably we can try to apply the diff for syslog-ng config,
>>>> I think on
>>>> most systems the diff should apply, because the changes affect only
>>>> main options.
>>>
>>> It shouldn't be a problem unless they customized their syslog-ng config.
>>> And if they customized it, there is a really good chance a patch
>>> would fail.
>>>
>>> I'm not sure of the best solution for this.
>>
>> There's not too much we can do if folks change their config files, but
>> I think we should be able to modify those specific lines if they're
>> not changed.
>
> If the config file hasn't changed, it should update to the new version
> by default. Isn't that the way it works?
That is correct.
But isn't it highly likely that somebody added lines for i.e. a remote
log? At least I have all my servers set up this way.
--
Regards
Heiko Zuerker
http://www.devil-linux.org
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